ruins; debris; an abandoned or destroyed area of a city or village resulting from human action or natural disaster

Ruins of the capital of the late Shang dynasty, located in present-day Anyang, Henan province; a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for the discovery of oracle bones and bronze artifacts.

a village market or country fair; specifically a rural gathering for trade that meets on certain days

(literary) village or rural settlement

(literary) a clustered group of graves or a burial ground, especially one that has been neglected and is no longer maintained or cared for

a scene of total destruction; a field of ruins or a pile of debris

proverb implying that three women talking together will be as loud or busy as a marketplace

(literary) empty land; wasteland; ruins

magnificent buildings reduced to a mound of rubble; used to describe all one's plans in ruins or having experienced a massive, devastating change

(literary) a small village; a cluster of homes in the countryside

A village or hamlet

The writing system used on turtle shells and animal bones during the Shang dynasty for divination; commonly referred to as [[甲骨文|甲骨文|jia3 gu3 wen2]].

A seminal academic work by scholar Luo Zhenyu, first published in 1914 and revised in 1927, which provides systematic decipherment and research of oracle bone inscriptions from the late Shang dynasty. The book is divided into eight sections covering topics such as the capital, emperors, personal names, geography, characters, divination records, ritual systems, and divination methods.

divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones from the late Shang Dynasty ruins

the ancient Chinese script found at the ruins of the Yin capital, carved on tortoise shells and animal bones during the late Shang Dynasty

to go to a country fair or marketplace on a scheduled market day

(regional) to attend a village fair; to go to a rural market